CarnegieScience writes “Scientist calculate that, compared to ethanol used for internal combustion engines, bioelectricity used for battery-powered vehicles would deliver an average of 80% more miles of transportation per acre of crops, while also providing double the greenhouse gas offsets to mitigate climate change.”
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judgecorp writes “A new vendor group has promised a Gigabit wireless specification by the end of this year. The Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) spec is apparently 80 percent done and, since it is aimed at high-definition TV, it has to go at more than 3Gbps. There’s around 7GHz of spectrum freely available in the 60GHz band, so it’s technically feasible, and with all the major Wi-Fi silicon vendors on board (as well as Microsoft, Dell, Nokia and others) WiGig looks to have the political muscle too. They should be aware of the Sibeam-led WirelessHD group, though, already in the 60GHz space, and Ultrawideband (UWB) is not dead, as there are actual, real UWB products.”
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NewYorkCountryLawyer writes “In a Boston RIAA case, SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, the Court has issued a detailed protective order establishing strict protocols for the RIAA’s requested inspection of the defendant’s hard drive, in order to protect the defendant’s privacy. The order (PDF) provides that the hard drive will be turned over to a computer forensics expert of the RIAA’s choosing, for mirror imaging, but that only the forensics expert — and not the plaintiffs or their attorneys — will be able to examine the mirror image. The forensics expert will then issue a report which will describe (a) any music files found on the drive, (b) any file-sharing information associated with each file, and any other records of file-sharing activity, and (c) any evidence that the hard-drive has been ‘wiped’ or erased since the initiation of the litigation. The expert will be precluded from examining ‘any non-relevant files or data, including … emails, word-processing documents, PDF documents, spreadsheet documents, image files, video files, or stored web-pages.'”
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harmonise writes “OpenOffice 3.1 has been released. According to the release announcement, this update received ‘The biggest single change (half a million lines of code!) and the most visible is the major revamp of OpenOffice.org on-screen graphics.’ See the OpenOffice 3.1 New Features page for a full list of changes.”
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Harper makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
CBC.ca Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses Canadian troops at Kandahar Airfield. He said Canada has played a leading role in improving the lives of Afghans since 2002. Harper touts development projects in surprise Afghan visit Vancouver Sun Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes surprise visit to Afghanistan The Canadian Press Bloomberg – Wall Street Journal – Windsor Star – Canada’s New Government (press release) all 102 news articles Langue : Français |
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GM bankruptcy filing likely: Lewenza
Calgary Herald A bankruptcy filing by General Motors on both sides of the border is likely even if company and union negotiations are successful in reaching new cost-cutting deals, Ken Lewenza, leader of the Canadian Auto Workers said, Thursday. CAW, GM told to go back to bargaining table CBC.ca CAW Says Govt Sending It Back To Bargaining Table With GM Wall Street Journal Toronto Star – Vancouver Sun – Canada.com – The Associated Press all 138 news articles |
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Bustle returns to Mexico streets
BBC News High schools, universities, bars and nightclubs are reopening their doors in Mexico as restrictions are lifted following the outbreak of swine flu. Video: Flu: media panic with economic implications RT WHO says flu pandemic remains at level 5 of 6 Reuters Winnipeg Sun – AFP – Economist – New York Times all 13,199 news articles |
It’s OK to copy music from CDs, for example, and place it in an iPod. Yet, it’s illegal to do the same with a DVD. When it comes to the DVD, there’s not even a question of fair use.How can the DVD and CD be treated so differently? Answer: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which protects the DVD but not the CD.
Advertisers have finally picked up on what we’ve known all along: nerds are the modern day rock stars.
The event hasn’t yet started, but just as with the Kindle 2, Amazon’s web monkeys have jumped the gun and posted the Kindle DX product page live a little early. 9, are they serious?
